Vascular Biology Center MCG-AU
@VascBioCenter
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Leader in the Field of Vascular Biology
Augusta, GA
Joined November 2022
Proud to share the latest work from Varsha Tandra, postdoc in Jie Li’s lab, demonstrating how Ufmylation regulates the unfolded protein response to protect maternal heart health https://t.co/lkQptlnOtr
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Ufmylation is a novel ubiquitin-like protein modification that plays a critical role in maintaining the homeostasis of different tissues, but its role in the heart remains poorly understood. Here, we...
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Breakthrough research from the Fukai Lab highlights how exercise re-establishes vascular health in diabetes, shedding light on novel mechanisms that protect blood vessels against metabolic stress. https://t.co/V8dPmrc3qf
jagwire.augusta.edu
“The superoxide dismutase is one of the keys to understanding the mechanism of how exercise improves our vascular health,” says Tohru Fukai, MD, PhD.
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Check out this research letter by the Fukai Lab demonstrating that exercise increases NO bioavailability via PKG1a oxidation in Type 2 Diabetes @CircRes
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VBC Faculty, Postdoctoral Fellows and Graduate Students did extremely well at AU Graduate Research. Congratulations Dr. Huabo Su for the Outstanding Research award, and Shika, Yilang, Josue and Zach for the research recognition awards.
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New Year, New grants! Congratulations to our trainees for the activation of their new AHA pre-doctoral (Amritha, Mitch, @josue142 , Ishara) and post-doctoral (Yoichi, Selim, Sadikul) fellowships, but also to Adam for his ADA postdoctoral fellowship.
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Congratulations to the Lucas lab for this novel study looking at the deleterious role of endothelial ENaC alpha and NOX2 in capillary leaks upon pneumococcal infection. @MCG_AUG
https://t.co/sfUdoV4voN
jagwire.augusta.edu
Vascular biologists in MCG have spent years developing treatments for acute respiratory distress syndrome from pneumococcal pneumonia.
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Beautiful story by Huabo Su's lab looking at the role of neddylation in heart development. Check it out!
faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
We investigated how neddylation regulates early cardiogenesis by deleting Nae1, the gene encoding the regulatory subunit of NEDD8 E1 activating enzyme in the heart. Cardiac-specific knockout of NAE1...
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Great representation of the Center at the Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine by the Fulton and Fukai/ Ushio Fukai's labs. Congratulations to Mai Yamamoto and Md Selim Hussain for the research awards.
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What an exciting day for the Center! 4 of our graduate students (@josue142, Ishara, Amritha, Mitch) and 3 of our postdocs (Sadikul, Yoichi and Selim) have been awarded an AHA fellowship. Congratulations to all of you and your mentors! You make us proud! @MCG_AUG @AHAScience
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Our Graduate Program in Vascular Biology just made two new doctors. Congratulations Drs. WonMo Ahn and David Kim on successfully defending your PhD thesis. Congratulations to the mentors as well!
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Last AHA Hypertension Scientific Sessions were a great success for our trainees. Looks like @MCG_AUG received the highest number of accolades of all institutions involved. Well done!! https://t.co/dakMM7YfuS
jagwire.augusta.edu
“It shows that our work is competitive nationally and demonstrates our commitment to training the next generation of scientists," says Eric Belin de Chantemèle, PhD.
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The 29th Krakow Conference on Endothelium was absolutely stunning. Great Science in a gorgeous city. Thank you Dr. Stefan Chlopicki for inviting so many of our researchers!
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Our Vascular Biology Program made one more Doctor. Congratulations Suhib Alhusband on successfully defending your PhD thesis and Brian Annex for the mentoring!
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Our new university President is all about research. Thank you, Dr. Keen, for meeting with faculty and graduate students and for your support of research! @MCG_AUG @AUG_University
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They did it! Congratulations Drs. Fukai, Ushio-Fukai, @bdc_eric, Fulton, Stepp and Lucas for this amazing accomplishment. You makes us proud! @MCG_AUG @AUG_University
https://t.co/qDCubxo9qY
jagwire.augusta.edu
A key problem is the loss of “redox balance” between harmful molecules called reactive oxygen species and helpful molecules like nitric oxide.
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Check this out, beautiful paper by Vijay Ganta's team identifying that Glycogenic UGP2 Axis Regulates Perfusion Recovery in Hind Limb Ischemia @MCG_AUG @AUG_University @atvbahajournals
https://t.co/QBrC01dPrC
ahajournals.org
BACKGROUND: Despite being in an oxygen-rich environment, endothelial cells (ECs) use anaerobic glycolysis (Warburg effect) as the primary metabolic pathway for cellular energy needs. PFKFB (6-phosp...
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Congratulation Su's team on the beautiful paper and on making the cover of this issue of @CircRes. Well done!
@CircRes July 19th Issue is Out! https://t.co/IiX6g6rOKd Cover: Transmission electron micrographs showing massive mitophagic vesicles (red arrowheads) and degenerating mitochondria (yellow arrowheads) adjacent to lysosomes (L) in RBX2-deficient cardiomyocytes.
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VBC welcomes a new doctor. Congratulations Dr. Kress and mentor @bdc_eric!
Today Taylor Kress, successfully defended his PhD thesis. Congratulations Dr. Kress! Can’t wait to see what the future holds for you! @VascBioCenter @MCG_AUG
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Great work by @bogolalab on the interaction between testosterone and sex chromosomes in the control of arterial stiffness. Well done! @MCG_AUG @BiologySexD
https://t.co/ffah7s8z7c
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